Zig build completes but zig build test shows errors

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When I run this code that I’m working on, zig build will complete successfully with no warnings or errors, but when I run zig build test then it reports errors in the library (not the test).

I mean, there are definitely errors (this is my first zig project), but it makes no sense to me why they’re not reported during the build.

My background is mostly C.

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I’m not sure if this is right, but could it be that your tests are invoking code that isn’t actually used or exported in the library and so is not complied? Hard to say without the error.

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Hi @Calder-Ty … so the code is here

The current error is

test
└─ run test
   └─ zig test Debug native 1 errors
src/root.zig:40:37: error: expected type 'usize', found 'root.Card'
            const temp = deck.cards[i];
                                    ^
src/root.zig:10:14: note: struct declared here
const Card = struct {
             ^~~~~~
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Hi @andy5995, welcome to ziggit :slight_smile:

In the following line i is actually a Card

const i = deck.cards[item];

When you use i in:

const temp = deck.cards[i];

compiler expects an index of type usize.

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Try to test each function.
e.g.

test "Deck.init" {
    const deck = Deck.init();
    try std.testing.expectEqual(Suit.Clubs, deck.cards[0].suit);
    try std.testing.expectEqual(1, deck.cards[0].value);
    try std.testing.expectEqual(Suit.Clubs, deck.cards[1].suit);
    try std.testing.expectEqual(2, deck.cards[1].value);
    try std.testing.expectEqual(Suit.Diamonds, deck.cards[13].suit);
    try std.testing.expectEqual(1, deck.cards[13].value);
}

An init that pass these tests follow.

Summary 
    pub fn init() Deck {
        var deck: Deck = .{ .cards = undefined, .top = 0 };
        for (0..3) |suit| {
            for (0..12) |i| {
                deck.cards[suit * 13 + i] = Card{ .suit = @enumFromInt(suit), .value = @as(u4,@intCast(i+1)) };
            }
        }
        return deck;
    }
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Excuse me, I forgot to mention, on Manjaro, I’m using the zig-dev-bin package (0.12.0-dev.3192+e2cbbd0c2) and the GitHub CI workflow the version is zig-linux-x86_64-0.12.0-dev.3193+4ba4f94c9

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Thanks for the tips @dimdin

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This is because of lazy evaluation. My approach to this is:

const SomeStruct = struct {
    test "foo" {}
};

test {
    _ = SomeStruct;
}

Alternatively, you may use std,testing.refAllDeclsRecursive.

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